World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Edward Nelson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Worcester, Massachusetts
Honored By
U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc.
Relationship
Shipmates
APPRENTICE SEAMAN. KILLED IN ACTION ONBOARD USS S-26 (SS-131). THE S-26 WAS RAMMED BY SUBMARINE CHASER PC-460 AT NIGHT IN THE GULF OF PANAMA, AND SANK ON JANUARY 24, 1942 WITH THE LOSS OF 46 MEN.